It’s the elephant in the room: military pay and benefits are overwhelming the Defense Department’s budget. But Congress doesn’t want to cut them, so it appoints an independent commission to do it by next February. Alphonso Maldon is chairman of the commission. He told Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive, the nine members have reviewed everything from recruitment to retirement, paychecks and housing allowance to health care.

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